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Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Egorova emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, Dominika meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.

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Red Sparrow aims for smart, sexy spy thriller territory, but Jennifer Lawrence's committed performance isn't enough to compensate for thin characters and a convoluted story.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Director Francis Lawrence... seems to have reasoned that, because Russian literature is so long and slow, making his movie long and slow would be the path to authenticity.

Mar 9, 2020

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

Livemint

There is only so much Jennifer Lawrence can do in this set up.

Jul 29, 2019

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Linda Marric

HeyUGuys

Needlessly sadistic and often troubling in tone, some keen supporting performances can't save this uneven and forgetful film.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 5, 2019

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Mo Muzammal

Vague Visages

In post-Hunger Games mode, Jennifer Lawrence continues her streak of pushing the envelope. Even if her accent feels awkward at times, she is mostly convincing as a Slavic agent...

Jul 26, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Most of Red Sparrow looks slick and, somehow, doesn't overstay its welcome, even while being mostly forgettable.

Rated: 2/4

Mar 14, 2022

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Drew Dietsch

FANDOM

[Red Sparrow] looks good, has a strong lead performance, and it never becomes boring. But, it also lacks a lot of what audiences will probably want out of a movie like this.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 29, 2021

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Zed O The ending made the intelligence community seem not so intelligent. It was like a comedian trying to tell a 3 part joke with a great setup and a fantastic punchline but somehow messes up the build up thereby making the joke come out somewhat flat and JL’s stellar performance couldn’t make up for that. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/01/24 Full Review oh g This feels like it was written by a few writers who didn't each get to see the entire script. The plot constantly derailed itself, and whilst Jennifer is stunning throughout, even she couldn't carry this one. Not deep enough, and yet way too drawn out in parts, and thoroughly nonsensical. Rated 3/5 Stars • Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/27/24 Full Review JEFF B this is a challenging and compelling thriller. there are many twists and turns; even having watched it three times, i'm still not sure i could tell the entire story. i'm sure some people found it confusing, but jennifer lawrence is wonderful, as is jeremy irons and joel edgerton. an excellent nuanced thriller. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/27/24 Full Review bob c Plenty on gratuitous sex and violence. But too slow to catch a cold Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/24/24 Full Review Khrystie C Whoever said this was a good movie count your days. It was slow, boring and super long for nothing, the twist was disapointing and the supposed dark scene were actually pretty boring. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/29/24 Full Review Audience Member This is an excellent film. I certainly wasn’t disappointed and I loved every minute of it. Admittedly there was a torture scene in the film that was quite hard for me to watch but I feel this film, Joy, Silver Lining's and this film have to be Jennifer Lawrence’s best films to date. Passengers wasn’t bad either. The acting and script kept you on the edge and I think this film was underrated. In my opinion this film should have at least four stars overall. I’m actually surprised it didn’t do bette4 in the box office. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/28/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Francis Lawrence Director Jennifer Lawrence Dominika Egorova Joel Edgerton Nate Nash Charlotte Rampling Matron Matthias Schoenaerts Ivan Egorov Mary-Louise Parker Stephanie Boucher

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Synopsis Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Egorova emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, Dominika meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.

Director: Francis Lawrence
Producer: Peter Chernin, David Ready, Jenno Topping, Steven Zaillian
Screenwriter: Justin Haythe
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: TSL Entertainment, Chernin Entertainment
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Language|Some Graphic Nudity|Strong Violence|Torture)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 2, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 4, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $46.7M
Runtime: 2h 19m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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